GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs Radeon R7 430 OEM

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated214
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data28.71
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameOlandGN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date30 June 2016 (8 years ago)6 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3842560
Core clock speed730 MHz1237 MHz
Boost clock speed780 MHz1492 MHz
Number of transistors950 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate18.72no data
Floating-point processing power0.599 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs24no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGAno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12_2
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 June 2016 6 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 60 Watt

R7 430 OEM has 20% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 430 OEM and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 430 OEM is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile
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